we still face the biggest risk from the afghanistan-pakistan area but the proportion of the risks we face from that area have declined. so we are able to use resources as we draw down in afghanistan to cope with the other risk we face. the overall point is absolutely that yes we are going to have a smaller regular army although the extra reserve will meet the overall level of our army changes but they will be better equipped for capable more mobile for capable of dealing with the modern threats that we face. >> thank you mr. speaker. i congratulate the prime minister on his speech this morning. mr. speaker this prime minister has a history of going into battle while the party opposite has a reputation of going in and surrendering. there's a big difference between that site in this one. this i trust the people and the outside -- >> i think my honorable friend makes a very important point. frankly the british public has seen treaty after treaty introduced to this house from westminster to brussels. they have seen a huge change in the european union over the last 30 years and they see a